\section[Lycanthropes]{Lycanthropy: Ruled by Rage}
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\emph{A man may live for forty years, and a wolf only seven. But at the end of their lives, which one knows more of the tundra?}

\noindent\quot{The man and the wolf know the same.}

\desc{Lycanthropy is a disease that passes from lycanthropes to people that are nearly killed at their jaws. All that is necessary to become a lycanthrope is to be bitten, nearly die, and yet survive the ordeal. It's like rabies. Only your heart has to stop at least for a little while.}

\desc{Once afflicted, a newly created Lycanthrope will find their wounds closing rapidly. The essentially deadly injuries suffered in the initial attack heal without leaving a scar or discoloration to mark their passing. The victim will feel feverish to the touch and chilled in the chest -- a condition which will follow them until the end of their days.}

\desc{\ability{Lycanthropic Culture:}{There really isn't any ancient lycanthrope culture. For the vast majority of time a lycanthrope would come into being only by surviving an attack by another lycanthrope. As such, most lycanthropes came into the world with their creator either defeated or hostile. The vast majority of lycanthropes either learned the ins and outs of their condition on their own or had it explained to them by someone else in the know (usually another supernatural). So it is quite common for lycanthropes to be adapted into the cultures of \emph{other} supernatural creatures. A werewolf who was taken in by gypsy witches would generally have the same traditions and prejudices as those gypsy witches, not those of whatever werewolf tore into him with its fangs and left him for dead.}}

\desc{An exception to that generalization can be found in small family groups. Lycanthropes often go all crazy with rage and are a severe danger to their families and friends. A loved one pushed nearly to death by the rampages of a wererat is rather likely to spurn the creature which transformed it, running off and ultimately forming a new ``culture'' of one. However it is not unheard of for such a victim to stay on and create a pack of lycanthropes. These groups tend to avoid contact with humans and supernaturals alike and have strange views.}

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\ability{Therianthropes? Fuck that noise!}{It is important to note that the word ``lycanthrope'' literally comes from Greek words for ``wolf'' and ``form'' but that it is an English word which means a human who transforms into a wolf \emph{or other beast}. Many people will try to get you to use the word ``Therianthrope'' or ``Zoanthrope'' because of a misguided attempt to use Greek root words correctly. Those words are however \emph{not English}, and using them is not ``technically correct'' -- it is retarded. The plural of Octopus is ``Octopuses'' and not ``Oktopodes'' like it would be if we were speaking Greek, because if you are reading this document the chances are excellent that you are not an ancient Greek.}
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\noindent{Lycanthropes take aggravated damage from silver weapons. Every type of Lycanthrope has a Lunar power source. Most Lycanthropes are dominated by Master Passion Rage, a fact that leads them to sometimes go berserk when the moon rises. Lycanthropes of all kinds are well advised to avoid fragile things and people.}

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